Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb pp] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , English coins of the thirteenth century were still available in the fifteenth , so the loss of one could have taken place at any time during its three centuries of circulation . |
| 2 | You are going to need one person with the tests on all trips , perhaps two , since if one person falls asleep , athletes could claim that manipulation could have taken place . ’ |
| 3 | It 's also ironic that the whole discussion could have taken place on radio , which would have enabled one to look for a dictionary or just take a walk round the room . |
| 4 | No problem this time and we have the chance to wonder once more how the tragic massacre could have taken place in such a beautiful spot . |
| 5 | It is inconceivable that these dramatic changes in demographic structure could have taken place without a major effect on the geographical distribution of population in Britain and on its composition in different localities . |
| 6 | He suddenly realized she could have died , that something awful could have taken place after he passed out . |
| 7 | The old vision of the centrality of the railways was replaced by a set of counterfactual conditionals , estimations of the extent to which development could have taken place without the railway . |
| 8 | ‘ So I suppose death could have taken place about twelve hours ago . ’ |
| 9 | Many hundred meeting places were at ancient sites in the landscape like barrows or stones , where they could have taken place for millennia , while others were at places which had other functions as well , such as centres of royal or ecclesiastical estates which coincided with hundredal arrangements . |